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Posting about a 1970s TV series recently has reminded me to say something about a 2005 one 🙂 I've been using the PMA400 I bought a month or so ago to watch Rome, finally, when I commute by train. … Continue reading
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(Or understand them if they do…) John Reid, our beloved Home Secretary, wants all those nasty sex offenders to tell him their email addresses and chatroom IDs. Can you spot the flaw in this masterful idea? … Continue reading
At work, some people who contact us don't say whether or not they're an escort. So one quick test is to see, via Google, if the username from their email address is attached to an ad somewhere. Today's tip: if … Continue reading
The fares for 'main line' trains in London moved to the zone system this month, only about a couple of decades after the tube with some odd results… Previously, the fare from station A to station B was fairly arbitrary, … Continue reading
… but some of us aren't watching 'Celebrity' Big Brother.
Part of me is surprised about yesterday's decision in relation to the commercial hosting of poker games without a licence. Just because a game involves an element of chance does not make it one without skill. An example given of … Continue reading
On the way home, at JA's request we listened to a bit of Radio 2, with 'Whispering' Bob Harris thinking of the money and apparently covering for Chris Evans. It turns out that Radio 2 are currently having a competition … Continue reading
Ah, yes, it wasn't her tied to a bed frame and repeatedly electrocuted for doing her job as a nurse and treating someone's wounds, was it? Let's see what Sheila Cassidy has to say. … Continue reading
I was thinking on Wednesday evening * that The Who have lost their drummer and bass player – the rôles of the surviving members of The Beatles. What would The Who have been like with Ringo on drums and McCartney … Continue reading
(see previous post!) has been solved, but I will confess to not understanding why the solution works. … Continue reading